Motor vehicle



7 A. .L. KNAPP MOTOR VEHICLE Original Filed Oct.-1, 1919 linker L,. Knapp I Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

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' Qrig'inal application filed October 1, 1919, Seria1 No. 327,699. Divided and this application filed February a l 16, 1925. Seria1 1 To.'9,381.' I

rThisapplication 'is a division of my application. Serial No. 327,699. for motor. vehicles filed October 1, 1919. .7

This. invention relates to .motor vehicles andparticularly to the body and windshield construction thereof. a 1, One .of thei objects of theinvention is to provide for the vertical adjustment of the windshield relatively to the. vehicle body while at; the same. time preventing the entrance ofairor rain between the top of the windshield andthe body.

.lVith .thisobjectand others in view, the invention. is embodied in the construction andarrangement hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

1';Inl'these'drawings,Fig; 1 is a perspective viewof part of a mot-or vehicle showing a windshield ofthe .clear vision type applied thereto; V V

' vFig. 2;,isc an enlargedyertical section of a clearyvision windshieldshowing one form of my invention in connection therewith; and

Fig; 3 isanlenlarged sectional detail view of the upper part of a windshield and adj acent par'ts of the vehiclebody showing another form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, .10 indicates the upper sash of a rigid windshield. This sash extends W forwardly and downwardly fromthe upper ends of vertical side rails 11 ofthe frame of the windshield, the cross rail 12 of which constitutes the upperborder of the sash 10. V

,The lower half of the windshield preferably comprises two sashes, each'extending angularly forward fromthejlower part of thednain windshield frame, but at different angles to therails of said frame and spaced apart. One of these sashes or sash members is indicated at 13, the sidebars 14: of which extend up andare connected with the side bars, 15 of the frameof the upper sash 10. The lower ends of these side bars-14 are fixed to the vertical. main frame rails 11. The upper edge of the pane of the sash 13 terminates below the level of the lower edge of the upper sash 10, leaving a space 16 be- I wardly in front of the sash 13 is a support or bracket 1-7 and the other inclined sash or sash member, indicated at '18, which latter extends forwardly andupwardly at a great er angle to the main frame of the windshield than does the sash 13. The upper edge of upper edge of the sash 13 so that it does not interrupt the vertical space between the sashes 10 and 13, thereby maintaining the clear field of-lvision before the eye of the driver. The space between the sashes 13 and 18 is open at the sides whereby'suction is created upon the air and rain that may enterlthrough the space between the upper and lower sashes so that it will be drawn out to one side of the car and the driver'will thereby be protected. A draft will be created from the car to the outside thereof that will induceventilation through the car'."

In orderto obtaina vertical adjustment of the whole windshield frame so as to accommodate the clear vision space through the windshield to. persons of varying'heights, accordingto the construction of Fig. 2, the side rails 11 ofthe main frame are provided withv vertical slots 25 adapted to be engaged by set screws 26 which enter the vertical posts 27 of the body: When the screws are loosened the windshield may be moved up or'down withrespect to the vehicle body and when the desired position has been determined upon the set screwslare tightened and the windshield is thereby clamped in its set position.- Identical clamping construction is provided. at each side of the windshield frame.

To close the space between the upperrail of the windshield frame and the, adjacent part of the vehicletop, a connecting strip of flexible material 20 is used. This collapsible piece 20 is secured to the fixed cross member this sash 18 issubstantiallyon a lineiwith the 19 of the top by means of a clamping bar 21, screws 22 being used for the purpose. It is also suitably secured to the upper rail of the main frame of the windshield, and when the 'windshield is in its upper position the flexible strip will fold in between the windshield and the cross member 19 of the top.

At the lower end of the windshield frame between the edge thereof and the lower horizontal rail 28 of the body is provided a flexible strip 29 similar to strip in its construction and in its mode of fastening.

These two strips 20 and 29 are continuous from side to side of the windshield and constitute closures which prevent the entrance the windshield frame. Referring to the illustration of this arrangement, 30 indicates the top sash rail of the windshield frame and 31 indicates a metallic Ushaped member suitably fastened to said rail and having a part adapted to bear against the rear face of the cross member or bar 19 which extends down from the roof of the vehicle and forms the top of the opening in which the windshield is placed. The other upwardly extending part of the U-shaped member 31 is adapted to bear against the front face ofsaid cross member 19. A cover plate 33 is secured to the said cross member 19 but spaced therefrom to provide a vertical slot 3st in which the said'rear portion of the U-shaped member 31' of the wind shield is adapted to slide, by which arran ement, not only is a guiding slot provided or the upper part of the windshield, but also the same is for the greater part thereof coir cealed from view at the rear of the windshield and a more ornamental finish for the inside of the vehicle body is provided.

In this construction the said rear part 32 which extends into the slot 34 is provided with one or more vertical slots 35 through which screws 36 are adapted to pass to clamp the windshield between the cover and the cross member 19 and thereby hold itin various positions of adjustment.

The means thus described provides not only for adjustment of the windshield vertically in the opening in the front of the vehicle body. but it also provides a closure for the space between the upper edge of the windshield frame and the top.

i-laving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. in a motor vehicle, in combination, :1

body having a windshield opening, a cross member forming the top of the windshield opening, a windshield adapted for vertical adjustment bodily in said opening, part of said windshield being slidable upwardly at the rear of said cross member as the windshield is moved to its upper position of adjustment, a separately formed cover plate secured to the body in spaced relation to said cross member, and means carried by and extending through said cover plate and ar ranged entirely above the lower edge thereof for holding the windshield frame in adjusted position.

2. In a motor vehicle, in combination, a body having a cross member, a windshield having a top rail provided with a U-shaped member having two upwardly extending parts, one of said parts being adapted to bear against the front face of said cross member and the other of said parts bein adapted to bear against the rear face of'said cross member, and means for holding the windshield in adjusted position relative to said cross member.

3. In a motor vehicle, in combination, a body having a windshield opening, a cross member forming the top of the windshield opening, a windshield adapted for vertical adjustment bodily in said opening, said windshield comprising a frame having a to sash rail, part of said windshield being slidable upwardly at therear of said cross member as the windshield is moved to its upper position of adjustment, a separately formed cover plate secured to the body in spaced relation to said cross member, and means on said cover plate and connected to said cross member for holding the windshield frame inadjusted position.

i. In a motor vehicle, in combination, a body having a windshield opening, a cross member forming the top of the windshield opening, a windshield adapted for vertical adjustment bodily in said opening, part of said windshield being slidable upwardly at the rear of said cross member as the windshield is moved to its upper position of adjustment, a separately formed cover plate secured to the. body in spaced relation to said cross member and extending downwardly far enough to cover a portion of the windshield at all times, and means on said cover plate entirely above the lower edge thereof co-operating with that part of said windshield slidable upwardly at the rear of the cross member for holding the windshield in adjusted position.

5. In a motorvehicle, in combination, a body having a windshield opening, a cross member forming thetop of the Windshield opening, a separately formed cover plate secured to the body in spaced relation to said cover plate, a windshield adapted for vertical adjustmentbodily in said opening,

justment and part of said windshield in its lowest position of adjustment being above the lower edge of said cover plate, and means on said cover plate entirely above the lower edge thereof co-operating with that part of the windshield slidable in said space for 10 holding the windshield in adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ARCHER L. KNAPP. 

